Ifedayo is one of the 30 local government areas of
Osun State
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in southwestern
Nigeria
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. It is one of the most recent local government areas to be created.
Its headquarters are in the town of
Oke-Ila Orangun.
It has an area of 128 km
2 and a population of 37,058 at the 2006 census.
The
postal code
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of the area is 234.
The people of Ifedayo consist of the
Igbomina (or Ogbonna) sub-ethnic group of the
Yoruba.
There are several other small towns and villages in the local government area, most of which lie west of Oke-Ila
Orangun
Traditional Institution
Notable paramount rulers in ifedayo Local Government include; The
Orangun of Oke-Ila, HRH Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin; The Asaooni of Ora-Igbomina, Oba Tinuoye Atolagbe and the Akesin of Ora-Igbomina, Oba Samuel Oladoye Idowu.
Tourism
Ayinkunugba Waterfalls
Ayinkunugba Waterfalls is located in Oke-Ila
Orangun Ifedayo local government. The waterfalls is over 80m high and it is the opposite of
Olumirin Waterfall where you climb to appreciate it, but in
Ayinkunugba, people will descend to discover the wonderful work of nature that is in the beautiful landscape of
mountains, caves and trees.
Ayinkunugba Waterfalls was discovered by a
hunter who shot a strange animal called Kunugba. The shot animal rolled down and the hunter searched but could not find it, instead, discovered waterfalls and named it:
Ayinkunugba (Where an
animal
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Nugba, rolled and died).
Notable indigenes
* (Professor)
Olusola Adeyeye – former senator for
Osun
Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of the Yorùbá Supreme Being in the Ifá oral tradition and Yoruba-based religions of West Africa. She is one of the most popular and venerated ...
Central Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber of
National Assembly,
Abuja.
* (Hon.) Idowu Samuel Abiodun – the managing director, Center Point Hotel,
Osogbo and annex in Oke-Ila
Orangun, current chairman of Ifedayo LGA. Oke-Ila
Orangun.
* (Surv.) T.J. Atolagbe – (Retired) Permanent Secretary,
Osun State
Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Og ...
Government and the Asaooni of
Ora Kingdom.
* (Chief) David Adeyeye Osundina – Asiwaju of Oke-Ila
Orangun and first elected chairman of Ifedayo Local Government, Oke-Ila
Orangun.
* (Omooba) 'Kunle Ayantoye – former
CEO of Lepec Shipping Limited,
Lagos
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and the immediate past chairman of Ifedayo LGA, Oke-Ila
Orangun.
References
{{LGAs and communities of Osun State
Local Government Areas in Osun State